Dude, i am trying to get better at this. Cause if you know where they are you can position yourself better and know when to cut the ball. I have flakes camera settings but still cant seem to position myself like him.
this is my exact rank... I've been climbing solo queues trying to implement the flakes mentality and I've seen some great progress. This game really is like chess if you let it be, but oh boy knocking that ball chasey speed flashy flips mentality out of my head is alot of work
same, but in doing so I once decided to go for a flashy double tap and clipped on my first attempt. I realized that being able to hit a ceiling shot musty double tap is what really makes me want to play the game. It kinda makes you realize that enjoyment of the game should be factored into how you play as well, If I really stuck to this mentality 100% I cant help but think i'd get bored quick
Watched this video, got on to play ranked for the first time seriously this season and got GC along with the 10 wins for the rewards lol. Anyone saying this strategy doesn’t work or is too difficult is trolling or just thinks they’re better than they actually are. This method is exactly how to rank up. Edit: For context I’ve been hardstuck champ for 3 seasons up until this point and was hardstuck c3 for the majority of that time, playing smarter instead of faster instantly gave me the confidence and space needed to propel into GC and actually get stuck there instead of playing the win loss game over and over like a scrub.
I mean ya it might work but if anyone is going to do it I will just know how your going to play ? And what your going to do I did try this but na I can’t play like it hate it not anyone can just do it it takes thousands of hours to game sense like he does
The more you learn what he is teaching you... the more you understand what, when and why he's doing it. Never realized how important the basic fundamentals are in this game until I started putting them to use
been watching this series for a while, finally hit gc2 in 2s and gc1 in 1s. I finally feel a sort of understanding to what im doing and what my opponents are going to do. never had more fun with ranked in my life, even while im losing, because now i know why
this is really useful. People at this rank can definitely pull off fancier mechanics, but not consistently, so this focus on consistent mechanics is really informative
Flakes, there is a difference between JSTN mechanics and what you have. People can't do what you do; you have excellent fundamentals that make these cuts and transitions look easy. You can't get to champ 2 with just IQ alone.
@Flakes I thought playing like this would be so easy, I can't believe how hard it is for me to play this way, I'm still trying tho. Thanks for the content and advice!
i literally watched 6 of ur series vids, hopped on with my friend. we're hardstuck champ1. lost like 2 games and won the rest. went from c1 div 1 to c2 div 1 in one day
Yeah I recently just hit champ 2. I keep teetering from champ 1 div 4 to champ 2 div 1. I have 0 mechanics I believe and made it this for. I just need to put In the work I can see my potential,I’m just not motivated lol
its amazing how your c3 team mate looked like a plat that entire 4th game. He just didn't know how to mesh with a better play style. He only knows how to rush.
I mean I wouldn’t be mad at someone for going to the Louvre just to look at the picture frames, but I might try to tell them some sort of analogy to see if their response reveals wether they’re trolling or just missing the art🤷🏽♂️
Powerslide cuts/ fake direction changes seem so easy. I’m trying to practice it more since it looks like the easiest way to outplay especially in lower ranks. Right now it’s hard for me because my boost management is just shit lol. Went from d3 to c2 cause of these vids. My goal is to be gc in a year
Awesome man. I keep trying these methods but still can’t rank up lol. I just don’t have a sense of spacing and “when can the opponent go”. I always get the ball stolen from me lol. Still shitty diamond 3
I love this series, as someone who naturally plays more off of game sense and reading the opponent than doing crazy mechanics. But it's pretty frustrating how much he babies mechanics. As a champ it's so annoying to see him avoid a simple mechanic that I, someone who doesnt practice mechanics much could pull off since plat. If people are complaining they can't go in the air or off the wall or go for high challenges in champ they were carried there sorry not sorry
Literally the point of the series to play with as little mechanics as possible though… The fact that you might think something is easy to do doesn’t mean everyone will think the same, if I hit something you might think is easy, I’d also get comments saying that it was too hard. Thats why I’d rather just keep it as simple as possible, hope that explains a little.
@@FlakesRL that's fair, I understand and appreciate the reply. Just felt like I was at the lower end mechanics wise for my rank and most of the time you point a move out you avoided doing because it's too mechanical it seems somewhat trivial, but thinking about it more I get why. Still enjoy and learn a lot from these videos though so thank you!
Yo Flakes do you have any suggestions for practicing defense? I know that I should drive back to goal line and safe the ball. That works very often great but can you show how to defend in rocket league like shadowing? I am not very mechanical but I am GC1 currently. Every time I play, I recognize that my defense is trash 🗑. So how can I work for it? I have a feeling that I panic to often. Thank you for your great videos I just learn so much from it!
For that panic thingy, what worked for me and a couple friends are 2 things + a bonus: 1) watch your replays, identify the defensive plays during which you panicked / were uncomfortable af then recreate them in a training pack alongside some variations of each then run that training pack before playing and sometimes in between games, you'll soon be comfortable with the way you have to take off/angle yourself/hit it to safety etc in those specific situations 2) get in a private lobby with friend(s) and only focus on your defense, pretty much just play goaly, get some counter attacks going but once you're on attack just slow it down, and let them get possesion again then work on your shadowing, speed matching, reverse drive/single jump challenges while shadowing etc Bonus: just grind 1s even if you hate them, #1 way to get use to those pressuring situations. GL homie
13:12 Is there a reason why you didn't rotate backpost? Is it more efficient for you because you can read the game better and protect the angles from the front?
If his teammate isn't back yet he can still cover almost everything other than like a good mid pass. When I queue 2s with my friend and he's back either of us can take a loose ball but for Flakes this is probably the best way to be in control of as much of the play as possible
@@JD-ee4df thanks for explaining. Yeah I also believe that he doesn't always do it cause he has more control of the play and can't trust teammate as much
Watch his 1v1 plat and diamond part. Just shadow the fuck out of them, and there are a few good training packs to learn how to save aerial shots while shadow defending. Also, in 2s. Always rotate out the second you can't have a powerful touch anymore. your teammate is behind you and it's his turn now to bang it away. It also ensures that you can cover a large part of the net, because you keep your speed up.
Stop leaving your net just for a bad challenge when the other team is about to take a shot. Save at the goal line or even from inside your net if it calls for it. More space between you and the ball = more time to react. Be pointed toward the area of one of your corners when saving, not toward midfield in any direction. Make wider turns when rotating back to get you into position to do all of the above.
@@hansg6015 no problem. If you want to watch my long drawn out replay analysis of other plats/diamonds then you can visit my channel. I pretty much go in depth with what I stated above.
I don't understand how the C2, C3's in this video are so bad aswell, while the ones I play are much better for some reason, its like C3 then and C3 now are different
I swear my C2-C3 games don’t look like this. There aren’t people just going up the wall and flopping on the air dribble attempt. People have gotten better since this video for sure, plus the rank shift from this season. But his tips still work the same. The future videos when he’s in GC1 would probably be more accurate now to this season’s C2.
If you do this in nowadays lobby you won't score anything, pass one guys the other is already shooting the ball into your net, miss that time but that don't work now
You can do what ever you deem easy, the slide cut into flick is literally plat level mechanics do it, champs who say “I can’t do that” don’t deserve champ.
Difficult to tone down his defense, even if he isn't being mechanical about it. He's just in the right place in the right time almost all the time because he's a top SSL in skill.
@@mitchpierce6572 Nah...he's amazing at goal line saves. You can put a plat in his same position and they won't save it. Even for a pro he's great at it.
@@PantsofVance yea but that's not plat lol he gradually does more at higher ranks I'm also c3 and saves like that are common but I've started doing some of the stuff he does and these lobbies feel so much easier
I think what’s overlooked is how well you control the camera to see where everyone is, it’s really a mechanic that I’ve never thought about
Dude, i am trying to get better at this. Cause if you know where they are you can position yourself better and know when to cut the ball. I have flakes camera settings but still cant seem to position myself like him.
@@Quintessenceofdust7 if you’re positioning to where you can’t see anything then you’re probably too close
@@anthonydargan1459 yeah i think i am fr. What rank are you btw?
@@Quintessenceofdust7 gc1 still trying to stop throwing the ball away. We’re all trying to get better 😭
@@anthonydargan1459 broo. Would u wanna 1v1me some time? Im really trying to duplicate flakes and play style and improve my fundamentals
2:56 is the true mastery of the no machanics playstyle
What a save!
doesnt even need to touch his controller lol
Bro imagine getting a save while you're afk lmfao
Literally…
The what a save! Had me actually dying 💀
LMAO this is literally what Flakes said in one video about leaving the controller and winning
Ahh yes, finally a reason to open UA-cam again. I love how this video takes away the ‘mystery’ of how to improve at rocket league
This is really the best and easiest way to improve
@@kemp3746 fr it’s the only series that made me rank up.
The mystery is somehow managing to get teammate to fuck off the ball and not boom everything away.
this is my exact rank... I've been climbing solo queues trying to implement the flakes mentality and I've seen some great progress. This game really is like chess if you let it be, but oh boy knocking that ball chasey speed flashy flips mentality out of my head is alot of work
same, but in doing so I once decided to go for a flashy double tap and clipped on my first attempt. I realized that being able to hit a ceiling shot musty double tap is what really makes me want to play the game. It kinda makes you realize that enjoyment of the game should be factored into how you play as well, If I really stuck to this mentality 100% I cant help but think i'd get bored quick
@@masonsunderland8126 honestly imo, just do it from time to time not really frequently
both flakes and his editor, the humour is just pure gold
Poggers123
@@jagi7976 but what does this mean?
@@obeliant5025 google? Im not trying to be rude but thats sad that you are watching video games and dont know what poggers means haha sorry
@@zentnium3801 I know right? It's such a sad story. What does the 123 mean? Or the 126? Man I can't get over how sad this is....
@@obeliant5025 we'll never know ;-;
"if my tm8 didn't exist that would've been better"
Idk why but that made me chuckle.
I felt that in my soul.
Watched this video, got on to play ranked for the first time seriously this season and got GC along with the 10 wins for the rewards lol. Anyone saying this strategy doesn’t work or is too difficult is trolling or just thinks they’re better than they actually are. This method is exactly how to rank up.
Edit: For context I’ve been hardstuck champ for 3 seasons up until this point and was hardstuck c3 for the majority of that time, playing smarter instead of faster instantly gave me the confidence and space needed to propel into GC and actually get stuck there instead of playing the win loss game over and over like a scrub.
I mean ya it might work but if anyone is going to do it I will just know how your going to play ? And what your going to do I did try this but na I can’t play like it hate it not anyone can just do it it takes thousands of hours to game sense like he does
@@lukewalker3 bruh he made it to ssl like this dont act like you wouldnt get outplayed from this
@@kwism834 Against him yes I would he has thousands of hours on me
However scrub said it best don’t go for the ball okay sure I’m going for you then
@@kwism834he also has 100x the game sense, and he also had like 7k hours, and the most consistent dribbles of all time
2:56 greatest What a save of all time!
The more you learn what he is teaching you... the more you understand what, when and why he's doing it. Never realized how important the basic fundamentals are in this game until I started putting them to use
You are literally not doing anything crazy but i still feel like i suck whenever i watch you lol
Great vids so far!
Beyond the almost flawless ball control?
14:50
*The third player coming in to bump him*
"Oh damn he jumped!"
been watching this series for a while, finally hit gc2 in 2s and gc1 in 1s. I finally feel a sort of understanding to what im doing and what my opponents are going to do. never had more fun with ranked in my life, even while im losing, because now i know why
I literally adapted this playstyle and i won 5 games in a row in champ and i just hit champ like 3 weeks ago. thank you flakes, my eyes are open
champ 3, doing literally side flip - this might be to mechanical (￣y▽,￣)╭
this is the most unintentionally hilarious rl video ive watched, please continue this series i need to see ssl's getting dogged by single jumps
this is really useful. People at this rank can definitely pull off fancier mechanics, but not consistently, so this focus on consistent mechanics is really informative
Flakes, there is a difference between JSTN mechanics and what you have. People can't do what you do; you have excellent fundamentals that make these cuts and transitions look easy. You can't get to champ 2 with just IQ alone.
i think the point is that it's easier to learn these fundamentals than learning JSTN mechanics
“If my teammate didn’t exist it would’ve been better” Rocket League quote of the century 😂
1:30 Champ2. LOL. "I think it's my ball when it's literally touching my teammate."
15:56 “If my teammate didn’t exists it would have been better but yk it is what it is.” Lmfaoo
A great many teammates are what I call "net negatives." They actively prevent you from getting shots or making saves.
@Flakes I thought playing like this would be so easy, I can't believe how hard it is for me to play this way, I'm still trying tho. Thanks for the content and advice!
the amount of control he has on the ball is not easy to achieve
Everything is experience homie, keep it up and keep improving ❤️
06:07 "Let the ball roll. You're not cool."🤣
0:55 "Soft touch, shoot hard." I don't think he's talking about rocket league.
Well what is he talking about HMMM??
@@SooClassy His marksmanship 😉
I mean Whoever comments that is right you put a banger on net they won’t be saveing that
comment too advanced for the teenagers and 12 year olds watching
Flakes is the dad with no mechanics but with the brainpower to beat anyone
i literally watched 6 of ur series vids, hopped on with my friend. we're hardstuck champ1. lost like 2 games and won the rest. went from c1 div 1 to c2 div 1 in one day
Dude I love your road to SSL w/o mechanics! Thank you for letting me play much better than before :D
That teammate was definitely more useful while he was AFK.
The stuff that u say is too mechanical is what half plats can do. This is helping so much
bro im dying of laughter of this guys humour xd
I tried playing like this in casual 1600s, it's not easy 😂 great viewing though, the best series on youtube at the moment.
Bro I just can’t I hate it lol 😂 I mean if anyone plays like that we will just know how they will be playing
@@lukewalker3 you'd still have a hard time winning
@@TB-ol7zn I mean if I know what your going to do I would probably so no but if my team mate haves no I idea to hit the ball then ya I would 🤣
Super consistent. Amazing bro.
Yeah I recently just hit champ 2. I keep teetering from champ 1 div 4 to champ 2 div 1. I have 0 mechanics I believe and made it this for. I just need to put In the work I can see my potential,I’m just not motivated lol
Flakes you're like the Alireza Firouzja of Rocket League. Keep up the good content.
its amazing how your c3 team mate looked like a plat that entire 4th game. He just didn't know how to mesh with a better play style. He only knows how to rush.
everyone but the first game looked like plats and would've probably been better for him if they were not even playing
Those ghost goals tripped me up
"Dont have to do shit, dont have to do shit, dont have to do shit." - Flakes, 2021. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Who else like me watches flakes's vids for fun especially when he changes his voice lmao
Onii-chan
I mean I wouldn’t be mad at someone for going to the Louvre just to look at the picture frames, but I might try to tell them some sort of analogy to see if their response reveals wether they’re trolling or just missing the art🤷🏽♂️
my crossed ass just got so jebaited by those ghost goals 😂😂😂😂😂
Powerslide cuts/ fake direction changes seem so easy. I’m trying to practice it more since it looks like the easiest way to outplay especially in lower ranks. Right now it’s hard for me because my boost management is just shit lol. Went from d3 to c2 cause of these vids. My goal is to be gc in a year
youre the dimitar berbatov of rocket league. graceful and make it look easy
video title: “EDGING FOR MY GOALS”
Seeing how much stronger ranks Champ and up have become in the last year, I'm curious if this still works as well
No definitely not 😂 he would've got demo'd several times by people that are supposed to be in GC
Ty for making all your followers more consistent in their games
If my team mate didn't exist it would be better xD haha savage
"You need to be aware of these shits" - Flakes 2021
I hit champ because of these videos, thanks!
*takes ball up wall * "let ball roll you're not cool. " XD
Love your juicy content. What are your thoughts on pigeons playing rocket league?
4:42 so closed 😮 amazing
"let the ball roll, you're not cool"
Bro! I tried a road to GC (Sad lol) without mechanic and guess what? I reached GC 2! Your videos are so instructiives
Wow you're so good and cool.
What is ur normal rank?
Pov: your a gc 1 and just ranked up to gc 2
nice
Awesome man. I keep trying these methods but still can’t rank up lol. I just don’t have a sense of spacing and “when can the opponent go”. I always get the ball stolen from me lol.
Still shitty diamond 3
Without a doubt this UA-cam series has made me a better, slower, smarter player.
Great video as always bro. As somebody who is in champ 2 (pushing for c3) I picked up quite a lot from this!
He makes champ 3s look like golds
"Just to make them piss their pants" 😂
2:31 crucial part
I love this series, as someone who naturally plays more off of game sense and reading the opponent than doing crazy mechanics. But it's pretty frustrating how much he babies mechanics. As a champ it's so annoying to see him avoid a simple mechanic that I, someone who doesnt practice mechanics much could pull off since plat. If people are complaining they can't go in the air or off the wall or go for high challenges in champ they were carried there sorry not sorry
Literally the point of the series to play with as little mechanics as possible though… The fact that you might think something is easy to do doesn’t mean everyone will think the same, if I hit something you might think is easy, I’d also get comments saying that it was too hard. Thats why I’d rather just keep it as simple as possible, hope that explains a little.
@@FlakesRL that's fair, I understand and appreciate the reply. Just felt like I was at the lower end mechanics wise for my rank and most of the time you point a move out you avoided doing because it's too mechanical it seems somewhat trivial, but thinking about it more I get why. Still enjoy and learn a lot from these videos though so thank you!
1:32 laughed more than i should've :D
14:10 kermit pog
Yo Flakes do you have any suggestions for practicing defense? I know that I should drive back to goal line and safe the ball. That works very often great but can you show how to defend in rocket league like shadowing? I am not very mechanical but I am GC1 currently. Every time I play, I recognize that my defense is trash 🗑. So how can I work for it? I have a feeling that I panic to often.
Thank you for your great videos I just learn so much from it!
For that panic thingy, what worked for me and a couple friends are 2 things + a bonus:
1) watch your replays, identify the defensive plays during which you panicked / were uncomfortable af then recreate them in a training pack alongside some variations of each then run that training pack before playing and sometimes in between games, you'll soon be comfortable with the way you have to take off/angle yourself/hit it to safety etc in those specific situations
2) get in a private lobby with friend(s) and only focus on your defense, pretty much just play goaly, get some counter attacks going but once you're on attack just slow it down, and let them get possesion again then work on your shadowing, speed matching, reverse drive/single jump challenges while shadowing etc
Bonus: just grind 1s even if you hate them, #1 way to get use to those pressuring situations.
GL homie
I'm watching this as a C3 Div 3 knowing I'll be back in C2 anytime
Your performing the jedi mind tricks
13:12 Is there a reason why you didn't rotate backpost? Is it more efficient for you because you can read the game better and protect the angles from the front?
If his teammate isn't back yet he can still cover almost everything other than like a good mid pass. When I queue 2s with my friend and he's back either of us can take a loose ball but for Flakes this is probably the best way to be in control of as much of the play as possible
Also makes sure opponent doesn't get free boost grab
@@JD-ee4df thanks for explaining. Yeah I also believe that he doesn't always do it cause he has more control of the play and can't trust teammate as much
Going backpost in this play means you’re letting opponent shoot for no reason AND you leave the boost, not the greatest decision here hehe
7:28 Nice one! 😂
The king is back lessgo
I don't have your patience, I boom the ball away too often. I need to come up with a reward/punishment setup :D
This is really good content.
Amazing video, thanks Flakes!!
Flakes with the fakes
Can you teach us plat and diamond level defending and how do we practice it?
Watch his 1v1 plat and diamond part. Just shadow the fuck out of them, and there are a few good training packs to learn how to save aerial shots while shadow defending.
Also, in 2s. Always rotate out the second you can't have a powerful touch anymore. your teammate is behind you and it's his turn now to bang it away. It also ensures that you can cover a large part of the net, because you keep your speed up.
@@thomson765 thank you very much, could you please send me codes for training that helped you?
Stop leaving your net just for a bad challenge when the other team is about to take a shot. Save at the goal line or even from inside your net if it calls for it. More space between you and the ball = more time to react. Be pointed toward the area of one of your corners when saving, not toward midfield in any direction. Make wider turns when rotating back to get you into position to do all of the above.
@@jbone6979 thank you :)
@@hansg6015 no problem. If you want to watch my long drawn out replay analysis of other plats/diamonds then you can visit my channel. I pretty much go in depth with what I stated above.
Flakes just makes everyone look like an idiot
i havent even gotten to the episodes of my rank yet and have already gone up 40 mmr in 2s
Can't wait to see that "slow" approach on GC2+ where I feel like ball can't even bounce once of the ground be4 some1 smash it again, lol
2:56 WHAT A SAVE
Why was it overtime at 7:59 ? You're winning 0-2??
did you ever find out?????
@@jamietomas1550 nope
I don't understand how the C2, C3's in this video are so bad aswell, while the ones I play are much better for some reason, its like C3 then and C3 now are different
I swear my C2-C3 games don’t look like this. There aren’t people just going up the wall and flopping on the air dribble attempt. People have gotten better since this video for sure, plus the rank shift from this season. But his tips still work the same. The future videos when he’s in GC1 would probably be more accurate now to this season’s C2.
Is there a series that helps with defensive positioning? I practice the ground stuff but my problem is the positioning on defense
Did you put the ad there on purpose? 😂
Mmm parsley cuts
Nice vid, like the new editing style lol..
After watching all these videos in the series I’ve learned 1 major thing, flicks uses adderall or vyvanse… take that as you will.
If you do this in nowadays lobby you won't score anything, pass one guys the other is already shooting the ball into your net, miss that time but that don't work now
You can do what ever you deem easy, the slide cut into flick is literally plat level mechanics do it, champs who say “I can’t do that” don’t deserve champ.
I don't think he understands how good his defense is. By my count his opponents have averaged 40 ghost goals per game
Difficult to tone down his defense, even if he isn't being mechanical about it. He's just in the right place in the right time almost all the time because he's a top SSL in skill.
Positioning my guy
@@mitchpierce6572 Nah...he's amazing at goal line saves. You can put a plat in his same position and they won't save it. Even for a pro he's great at it.
@@PantsofVance yea but that's not plat lol he gradually does more at higher ranks I'm also c3 and saves like that are common but I've started doing some of the stuff he does and these lobbies feel so much easier
what is a ghost goal. googling doesn't help. Very confused as to how he got into and won the 0-2 OT.
Editor 100\100
You should do a full 1v2 series like scrub, i want to see how far you get
What button do you use for boost ?
L1
Dope vid! Really curious to see how u get to gc and above
u the man flakes!
What is a ghost goal
I love the informational series, but flakes should do a 1v2 series like scrub.
Jesus after these videos I will stop giving the ball away unconsciously, now i know how fucking annoying is for my tm8
great vid!
Bruh, I powerslide cutted the fuck out of my opponents last night and made them rage quit. Thanks for teaching me daddy.
Lol he didn't have a chance
Where do you go live
Poggers 123. Gg
were you streaming on yt?? or where? must've missed the notification if so
Twitch tid was recorded ages ago
Watching it since it came out and Flakes can be sometimes an asshole as he said, but hes incredibly nice guy 1:36 proves how chill he is aswell :D
dude, use Ace car next time. It's has better breakout hitbox than the actual breakout.